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VOL 20.
8TROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. NOVEMBER 21, iSSi.
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THE SNOW ROBE.
BY MINNIE MYRTLE.
Last night ns we slept,
And the vigils we kept
By the spirit of a roguish star,
In garments of white,
Resplendent and bright
Come the angels in cloud-wrapt car.
But the star never spoke,
Nor from sleep us awoke,
To tell us that angels were near;
So we slept right along,
Nor heard we their song,
Though sweetly they sang and clear.
And they came for this
From their homes of bliss,
To present to our Mother Eurlh
At which each of the band
Had wrought with her hand
A new robe as a token of worth.
Both softer than silk,
And whiter than milk,
Wasthe stuff from which it was spun ;
And the shuttle flew
As the. thread it drew,
Till the splendid robe was done. ..
The warp was white
And the woof was light,
Through their mystic fingers run;
And I'm sure it was made
To wear in the shade
For it soon would spoil in the sun.-
Then fold after -fold
'Thev quickly unrolled
Of the ample garment they'd wrought;
And it sparkled bright
In the stars clear light,
Like the gleam ofa brilliant thought.
Then away to the earth
With a song of mirth
Came the beauteous angel band,
And the light of a smile
Lit their faces the while
Tor their joy at what they had pla n'd.
And they spread it out,
Without murmur or shout,
O'er the wood, and the hill, and the plain ;
Then hasted away
Ere the break of day,
To their glitering homes again.
When we opened our eyes,
What a glad surprise
Was the view from our windows caught,
Of the spotless while
And the sparkling light
Of the robe by the angles wrought.
Green Valley, Nov. 15th.
A Sturdy Patriot.
The Rev. W. G Browulow. the fear
less editor of the Knoxville (Teun ) Whig
after a loDg conflict with the despot of
Seceffia, and several narrow escapes from
assassination, ha- finally been compelled
to give up bis paper and go to jail. He
says in bis farewell address :
"I shall in do degree feel humbled by
tieing cast into prison, whenever it is the
lffill and pleasure of thin august govern
ment to put me there; but, on the contra
ry, I Bhall feel proud of mj confinement.
I shall go to jail, aB John Rogers weut
to the stake for my -principles. I shall
go, beeause I have failed to recognize the
band of God in the work of breaking up
the American Government, and the in
auguration of the most wicked, cruel, un
natural and uncalled for war over recor
ded in bitory. I go because I have re
fused to Und to the skies the sets of ty
ranny, usurpation and oppression, inflic
ted upon the people of East Tennessee
because of their devotion to the Constitu
tion and Laws of that Government, ban
4ed down to them by their fathers, aud
the liberties secured to them by a war of
even long years of gloomt poverty, and
trial! I repeat, I am proud of my posi
tion, and of my principles, and shall leave
them to my obiidren as a legacy, far
more valuable than a princely fortune,
had I the latter to bestow 1"
A Secession Flag-.
Lately the loy-1 people of Troy felt
greatly outraged by tbti rumor that a
gentleman, known to bo a loyal citizen,
bad a iecesion flag flying from bis houe.
Of course tboro was a tremendous hue
and cry raised, and an excited party
itarted for tbe premises. On reaching
the house it wan fodnd to be a lady's bal
Moral, tbat had been washed and hung
fnm a back window to dry. The hus
band avowed bis determination to stand
by that flag ae long as be lived.
j"File right!" taid an officer to his
company.
"Bedad," -aid an Irishman, who stood
tear by, sharpening hie saw, "it's me own
property, and I'll be doin' as I please
with it."
The Great ExDe&ition,
THE FLEET IN A TERRIBLE GALE.
THE ARRIVAL AT PORT ROYAL. S. C.
The Terrible gale of Friday, Nor. 1,
did tiot cost us ho dearly 8 at first we
feared, though the probability that it had of fae8VJ Heos whioh ma!e 0TaHhDA work he did so. ho created do little merriment
wrecked many of our ships and drowned with everjtbnj, on deck. Beyond -ear- in pite of tho storm, by quietly launch-
hundreds of our men. wa, the sut.jeet of ryin awaj the dl,ck ,oadi and KD1Q,hin? iD(r bj, iife boat t; his trunJc imo u
no moonsiderab e amount of humane self- up BOffie of the ylRhtcr wood work( no and QD board tfae MobicaQ with.
gratulation on the part of the Southern daDl,orou. damage was done until 3 p. out wetting a hair. Tho Peerles9 went
newspaper, or a part of them at leapt. m ?rjdajt wheu seven or eiht terrifio down within an hour.
And we, of the earlier and faster ve-el, tc in quick UOwe8sioo -truck her, and
as our fleet slowly straggled into tho bar broke ber h bracG8 In a feB mjnutsd 0UR VTrTnT?v m TTxr qnTTTTT
tor of rendezvous after that most fcarul aDother ea gave ber SUeh a biow M t0 VICTORY Dff THE SOUTH,
tempest, and as wc noieo the continued carry her Baioke.Btaok overboard, thus,1 A 8reat portion of pur space is this
absence of one after another of our noble for lbe moment adding tbo terrible morning given up to the topio which en-vessel-,
reluct.-w.lly made up our unwilling daDil-er ofre to the perils of the winds gages tbo attention of all. filling every
minds to the sad belief that at leat six and wavert. At 8 p m. tbe toam pipe beart nitb exultatioo? aD(I lighting up ev
of our sraiiher steamers had "one down; bur,t aDli at 2 a. m. of Saturday the rB nvp t. firo , .
the ferry-boats Ethan Alien and Commo- ki' of tbe 'cjliod,r b,ew out, thus ' ' f noble enthuM
dore Perry, the trnsj,orto Union Peer- oompeleiy diwablina the engine. At 4 asm' Nth,D tcan acd to tbe full
le3, Governor, aod Bt-lvidere; there wasa m the rudder chain, broke, leaving r6Port aod gr -phio narrative of the glori
also much anxiety about tho .hip Ocean her for lhe time totay unmanageable; 0US h aod, v,ctor at Port lloi'a wblob
Express, tbou-h, as .she is a lare and lbo ticr wa8 pTe.eiity rbed but in a We ,urnl:ib from our sPec,al correspond
etaneh sailing sbip. it wa, hoped that she few mimtCH tbe rudder bead broke Hborfc nt and other actors m the fry. We
had merely been blown out ot her course off depriviUt, tbo vessels of all her steer- w."1 DOW um.erely lance at ,he BcId aid
and would weather tho tra'c and yet make ; apparatus, aud ieavin- her a helpless G,vo thH br,cfot,t po-bIe summary of the
her appearance. This latter vessel was wreck on th,. water in one of the bardoat events which thereon transpired
to a great extent the rit'ht arm of the ex Taje8 that oVer bJew on tbis ooa9t After undergoing diro perils by the as
pedition, for she carried all the heavy b After a few bours of aK0.izing PUS. 8a't of the winds and wave, our fleet
cannon Wltn Wtlicn It wa- proposeq to
make our Palmetto foothold good. Upon up thl'.ir nda that death was. for them,
the same ship. also, by a rane over Mpel.d and certain, they poke the gun
sieht of tUe Chief of Orduance fCpt i. cr,;.k -.i,,, iiaA nttP.nf
McNutO.had b. en placed the entire ock ed h the GoernorV signals of di-.tre-8 J Lort ""T " , bow"',r to
of pun ponder with whirh it had been in and ;be bnrk Youn- Rover. Both prom- d,8U3t tbo ?e,b.el coa,tuatde; "val
tended to fill the ma.azin.s for the uo i.ed t0 sta b her.but in tbe tremend-1 WarfarC' a.nd b,S contemptible squadron
of any siee-trains that might be organ 0U. sea then running, neither could ren- 8a"eredD hasty retreat. On 1 ues
izd from Port Royal, for the benefit of dcr tbe syuhtt a!l.ist!ince. The Rover, da3 aD!,h '"P' Was 5ade., tb,s
Savannah or OliHrle-ton. Should the ! bow pheered tbeir sinking hearts by 'alhatit fleet of Rebels to anmlulate the
Ocean EXrre,sbe lo,t. the. army would tellin(T tlPBJ tbat 3 frigate wa- bear-, eat Expedition, and for two hour, there
U en f-nnnUfl n in l. nlmn.t nnwnrl..n . - ,c . . x-e 1 wa- sharp firing. then three or four of
"r t -- r
for offence operation,, until new supplies
couiu oe sum. ii tJuon a reai iohs moou
- i i i . I r I i l i
come to the knowledge of tbe enemy
k vSJ . -uc iuc u.juiogc tu.gu,;t
be taken of it. The act of loading ell
the stores of sueb an iuespcnsable nature
on a single fhip was one so strange as
hardly to te credible of an old and expe
rienced officer; and tbe condemnation of
the mi-take was as unwreral a- wa- the
feverish anxiety ragarding the fate of the
ship.
Perhap this i- the best place to men
tion that the Chief of Orduauce. Capt.
McNutt, on bein, spoken to in the ordi
nary cour-e of busine-s, one morning, by
Gen. Sherman. becane o violent in hi-
1-mguage and manner toward that very
quiet and gentemauly offic r, that the by
standers were obliged to -eize McNutt by
force, temporarily but -umiuarily shut bis
mouth, and drau him away. Fie was or
dered unier arrett, and coofioed to hi.
room. His friends caused a medical ex
amination to be bad, and ho wa- pro
nounced insane, and wa-, of course, at
once su-peoded from hia responsible du
ties. It is said that he baa previously
bs-en aiHicted with .similar t-ymptoms. and
it is not impes-ihie that hi- mind was not
in a healthy ftate when he committed the
strange error about the loading of the
Ocean Ezpress.
To return from this digression The
anxiety was leu- conoernio: the other ves
sels thau perhaps it miiibt otherwise have
been from the fact that, with one excep
tion, they carried no men beside thtir
own crews.
Ou board the Go ernor, however, wore
Major John G Reyuolds battalion of
oj!irine, 345 men, all told.
The Pcerle.-s na- an Engli-b steamer,
of -mall izc. anJ had on board 87 live
beef cattle for the use o ttie army. ulthu- all were aved but seten, a corpora!
Ethan Allen and Cooimo-Joro Port? L, S1V . pn
were two ferry boat-, formerly employed
lUa IVIIIIi rrt.tinr.Vi l?rriPk nml Wr
mu iu- -" ww,
of the same pattern an 1 size as tnosi mat
now ply ou the East River Whoever
cooccived the bright ides that uch floats
couiu wcaiuiii """i-itfj i A'
gaie ceriu.u.y u-D a u,.u fcu w. ..u-.
- t I I I. - n ..k 1 11 il .xf 1 t In Art . I tl n
ideas on marine suLjoets, and should by
-au u au u,-uc wu, uC.v M.w..WJ
tho. Navv However, there were the
t .t . .
noars. anu iney were io auuuipi iuu pu.i
-- i - . u n i
wage, auu weiu joieuueu vt uu "'"H'j"" i -ijpped overboard anu wore arowncu.
in leading troops when we reached our j yhe niime;, 0f tbe drowned are as fol
destinatioo. $ ! lows thev were all marines:
raw li i t 1 If
Tbe ijeiviuere nau on uoara nor-es auu i
comm.-sory stores, and the Union h.d
also a few cattle and some Quarterma
ters' store
Tbo Fleet be-;an to arrive in Port Roy
al Harbor on Sunday niybt, but uo one
of tbe abovo-mentioued mi.siur ves-els
was seen until Thursday moruinjr when
tbo Oecan Express came in. to tbe great
relief of oil.
Meauwhil
i ,., f y ij
runo, mosi uoie.u. account- au
u- of the others. It was a,sert
reached
ed tbat the Governor had gone down.
witb 200 mar.ne-th.. number, b , do
grees, caiuu uuu iu . mst, nuiu
point it steadily remained until some of
tho rescued men arrived to et the mat
ter right. The other mining vessels were
all believed to bave one down.
t7 . i. I,nffn,r
i.1 UUH IJCwU oiUwD a-wui mi "wv , w)v..v-w.,
. . . .i i
that the Uciou went a-nore, on toe hoore
of Nor
th Carolina, and all her crew were
saved alive, though 73 were taken prison
ors
i.li:". .tor ...b a .U.g.. ...b .b.
r i .. i: r i f
Bel
storm as few shins over livo to tell of.
ri l,r Cfnr i lfnnwr.
OUUJC DUICIV UUt. BUU Uw .w. , ...
n .
to the public; tho two ferryboats jitD.n
r - n .
Allen anu vjomuioaoro x erry, uuj.u
..ii
. i -, i 1 1 K.wii.,..
tboj could not wca.ber lb alo. pul naoc
for For.r.M Moor... biob place .b,, fin
ii ... r i.... i n.,.,,,.r
" .u ..;. h!r
:louroi
; the I
any roacueu, iu.
Peerless and Governor
both went down, under circumstance,
which I will briefly sketch.
Tho strainer Governor started from
Fortress Monroe with tbe rest of the fleet,
on Tuesday, Oct 29, and procedod pleas-
nntly enough until we encountered tho
gale, which began on Thursday night,
and which soon increased to a tempe-t
On Fridav she was .struck hv a nnmher
pn.0 (lnrinf, wl,iP.h all nn hnnrrf mnHn
irt'iliex i . , our gunooats, rjcing urea oi tnis roily, o- ;
lpjjiiLs t pxtaeies of extravagant joy when the ; i t i -j . i,
hnn!d i . t cm j l u pened broadsides in earnest upon 1 atnall.
oouia riyate hove in sight. She proved tobeir, , , , f t. . '
mv it . o . - i i . -n- i j -j whose navy scratched away for the la.-t ,
m 11 ; the Sabine, and Capt. Ringgold promised ,J . , J . , ...
miirl-t , .- e .u time, and disappeared in anyboles which
"'g.todo everything in hi- power for their . tn n ,
loir aown 10 meir renei. ine men wciu
.JQ pxtade, of extracarant io? wbon tbe
"
d ever-ithinff in hi- power
aid a prouiiHe be most nobly redeemed.
Sh arrived at 3 p. m Saturday, and at
once oommencod operations for the rescue
of the distressed sailors.
By order of Capt Rinarold, the two
-hips were fa-tened toother by two'pow
erlul haw.-er-. The Sabine then veered out
chain enouib to brinn her -tern within 30
feet of tbe low of tbe Governor. Two
heavy spar were then rigged from the
stern of th Sabine in tho direction of
the sinking ship, and were thero made
securely fast. The-o spars now projected
nearly over the bows of the Governor,
but they rose and fell with such tremen
ou? swell, so tbat it would have been im
possible for any person to cross. from one
-hip to the other by crawling along tbe
spar; this, however, had not been inten
ded but a aafor plan was adopted, as fol
lows: . From tbe ends of the spars were lower
ed strong ropes, ringed to run oa-ily
through pulley blocks at the end of the
rone that dropped on board the Governor
a runuing loop was made, and the crow
ot the SaMne manned tbe other end; all
things beinu ready, the loop wa made
fast under tbe arms of a a; an. tbe crew of
the Sahine ave a quiek run aft, and in
far le?.H time than it takes to tell it, tbe
re-cued man was rai-eo into the air and
swung on board the frigate.
Thin were about thirty men saved,
when both hawsers t roke. and the shipH
were adrift from each other; tbe Gover
nor was hen brought close under the
quarter of the SaMne, and about forty
1 I . I ,l..t. ....A
otberrt W(.r,. finally a-sisted on
more n.en irnpuu tu urCOO, uw .
board and'
Qf lnc,e four were l08t trying to cro-a
1 1 fPi
1 oniric naw-ers irom suip iu num. xuuy.
bin
woujd take bod Qf tho
, , ..
hno7Mfir nrhnn if
wart rJiaokt aud attempt to pull tbem-elves
j b!jj,tjy across, but a- the waves throw the
.hi n- anart ana lliinieneu inu rouu- wu
- I.
t c - . .
a uUQ KlraMli ,ne unuappy iueu wou.u
would
be jorked from their bold fllty fect into
tue aIfj anu W0U1U ineu ia ...u uuu -
' n.. mm entilifli! to death
i ft 3 . . . .. .1
i between ibe vessels, and tue oiner inreo
. . i j
SI . -r
Cornoral Thomas McKeown; Privates
, T,rootby Lacy. Edward II. Miller. R.
Camphoi. Walker, Gorman,
lUanus urown.
The re-cued men express the most live -
y gratitude to I apt. Ring-old and h.
jamei. Wiley of tho Marines, was also
WQSt ,.fB0,ut j as-i-ting to save the m'n -
Thv sasd all their muskets tut 2i);
rew, WIIU nil nru"" ua"i. uuiiijf v-f.
10 (,()) I0uljd8 ot cartr.(lges. aun a .man
quautitJ 0f clothing Tbo marines are
- . . .
uow to go to Bay Point, to garrison, tho
Uulj 0iiptured Fort Br auregard
Tue uovernor was not uu oiu uoui, auu
wa, built to run between Ban-or and Bos-
. At .r a. m. ou Suuday, Nov. 3, she
turned tottom up and sunk
LOSS OF THE PEERLESS
ni.:.. .. rfnrfiil to
xu,a o. .
bo used ,n the sUanow waters o. w
rn r vbth and creeiCH. olieuua on uuaiu
in, . .... .r.op, .be, r. d.d ..
H7 with nhitili number be itnrteu lor
th- destiliiilioo o tbe Ueet 15 W caug.ii
"
.i .1 . 1. . .. .in t:t.
sit-nals of
- ! , I t 1. -nndnn run fin .li'Mttl
in iue '. r.. Fo . Lr.uTalK
tne (iuie, iue cupiaiu .uu ui n,
strops, when the Star of tbe So
iwn for bi aid, but oame too eh
n into tbe Peerless on tbe qua
. c l,; ..nl Ki,. naixo tnn 1'ln.Mn
i i.irn.. tx iu ri f, n niur u. iue kj vj l i
for hi- aid. but oame too close, and
uowu .u. .... -
r i". V " " 'Pof
flu.tiiif Kt'vere damage lhe oaptain oi
Uiotmg -evero uama-e ' -7 "-
tne r-n M .u -
the PeTef.s then lightened uis u.p y
throwiu" tue cattio overuouiuj uu miuow
she would have ridden out the gale in
safety bad he not been injured by the
Star o the South. Howover. he found
that bin ship wa winkine and bo wa o-
bligd to leave hir His crew were all
taken off by the Mohican. The captain
ttm )nt tn lnaa KJ- d.;n ,u
u 1 1 "J . jr muiuiug,
Now. 4, and ery soon reoeived the com
plioient of a noi-y attack from the "Mus
kto" Bert under Commodore Tatnall.
j , - , . , f .. f .. i
;our nboa 9'. bcJD t,red of th,rt lo11 f" j
opened to them. On Wednesday thero
was no fighting.
The decisive battle and consequent
victory took place on Thursday, Nov 7.
At the mouth of Port Royal are two fort,
Beauregard and Walker A many of
our ves-els a it wa deemed advisable to
employ, began at 9 o'clock tbeir bom
tardment. Fort Walker, on Hilton
H ad, mounted 23 gun-; Fort Beauregard
on Bay Point, mounted 16 uns. Our
vessels, making a majestic circuit, pour
ed in their fire, broadside after broad -eide,
upon the two forts. The sceuco
is described as ruo-t tbriliingly mag
nificent; tho tempe-t of shell was un
equalled; every gun W8S aimed with pre
cision, and served with rapidity. The
nhore batteries returned our firr bravely,
but-without effect; they had calculated ou
an easy vi tory, and fell a prey to pmic
when they discovered tbat the "Yankees"
refused to be annihilated.
The battle began at twenty-six minutes
past nine in the morning, and athalfpa-t
two in tho afternoon the National flag
was planted on the soil of South Caroliua,
greeted by tbe shouts of thousand of pa
triots, and saluted by strains of jubilant
music from the variou- bands of tbe fleet.
Soon a regiment, the 7th Connecticut,
was put on Bbore to take po-session of
Fort Walker, over which the Stars and
Stripes wore then flying. Thoy ru-hod
to their work with the alacrity wbicb ba
marked every movement forward of our
troops; but. th re was little work for them
to do; the Retielw, panic stricken, had fled
in oio-t admired disorder leaving bebiud
' t tm fnnH ninth in. cnlunhles. everything
, . ., j
The road over wbi-'h they ran half a do
zen miles acroxs the island was utrewn
with mu-kets, knapsacks, and heaps of
other imnlementB ot" warfare. It is said
- . , 0 . i. c
4
IUUL lUCV IQOH UUHIB Ol ODIUIUUO IVI vja-
vannah, but their movements cauuot be
witb preoision at tbis moment reported.
Tbe next morning tbe .National Ua,j
was uvi"f? irom vuri uruui aaai u -iou,
n . . r?. u j i
, .,
- - , R
Beaufort wa, de,erted by all
, fe was too d runk
to move.
He bad celebrated the anuihi
. . ( ,
i Dilation o inc
yankoo-'' too early, and
witb too free a bowl. The negroes bad
everything their own way. Their mas
ters have informed tbo world that tbe
blanks deire nothing this sidu of tbe grave
Slavery ami the dear privilege of
g . d,,frnse ot their .hackle,.-
: Tb( tbeor. reducud to practice has failed
. WH pila,i tbeir masters and
oatstrutohod bauds t0 tho .jn
nd 0 The Flag on
'tbo (.1)0r"(,8 wi,cra ft Wil
,', i.,i..a i,
onco more waves on
was fir-t in-ulted
has been purphaued
11IUIK sairuuiu nuvw. - - " wi -" I -
kl)led P0Vt:uAy
ded aD(, n flli ht, woundd; total,
We have an e-timate c
' which makes it 1 iO killed.
timate of tho rebel loa,
100 wounden.
t r... liatrni linj 'i 'ADD ulnirns
aunual Qf cottQO aod oorn
. ... . fi,, ,,() From this
tlU UIII1IKIJ ILL J
statement it is olear that it- posses-don by
us must be a terriblo blow to tho rebels,
and an
incalpulablo adautuao to the jNa-
t., Wp ,mlfl 8Dcndid harbor.
u- " f .
nu uo- -
and we have a
P-""",,;
luny aiiat,Kiu "jr
s
not
. , . l. Anr fln..f uill nrn
- r
vent au attnek from tht quarter, sve.n it
,.h rku had anv vessel-. There is no
. c mI. i . !...... mhttli la rf1 Viil..llt
a-peci oi lu. j " -
,i10 8url) pr(1(.ur0r ofo.eD
b. r."".
moro uiunaui
" , ,. K . nj,.r nv D,a00 for oi
iUar hntt. nr v-lBlotv.-.Tribime.
uo,M -Utt" V, R rA..rM-
puv. rf
Kow Bomb-Shells are Made.
The manufacture of boocb-abells is ve
ry iutere-ting. Tbe shell is firt filled
with old fashioned lead-n bullet-; ajclted
ulphor is theu poured in to fill up the in
terstices aud bind the bullets in one -olid
mass; the -hell ix then put in a kiud of b
lathe, and a cylinder hole of the exact
mze of tho orifice of tho shell is bored
through the bullets and -ulphur. Tho
cavity is fiiled with powder even with the
edge of the orifice, a fix inch shell of tbe
kind here dc-cribed holding about half a
pound. The fuse fitted into tbo orifice ia
a recent Belgian invention, made of pew
ter, and resembles the screw cap ased for
tbe patent fruit can An examination
of this pewter cap .show., however, that it
is made of to hollow di-es of metal
screwed together aud filled with meal pow
der. A number of fine holes are drilled
in tbe lower dine, while tho outer disc is
entire and marked with figures in the cir
ole, I, 2. 3 4 In thi.- ftate the -hell is
water proof. When taken for use tho
gunner by means of a teel scall instru
meut, scoops out a portion of tbe outer
soft metal burface and leaes bare the
charge of composition powder below it.
If the shell i- desired to explode in ono
second after leaving the gun, the scooping
is made on tbe figure one; if in two sec
onds on the fuurc two, and so on; the
idea e'Dt that tbe shells of this aescrip
tion shall first -triko the object aimed at
and do execution as a ball, and then ex
plode, -ending the bullet- forward as if
from another caunon located at tbe poist
where the flight of the shell is arreted.
Larjre shells of eight or ten inches are
filled with powiler only and bursting, do
execution by mean of their fragments.
These larre shells are generally fired by
means of or o fu3e of meal powder, exten
ding fhrougb a trass plug screwed into
the mouth of tbe shell. In both cases
tbe tuse is fired by the ignition of the
charged in the gun
To Tree Swine from Vermin.
A writer io the Southern Planter says:
"If your hos are lou-y, go to their rub
biug place, or what is better, take a rouh
twelve foot io, to tbe feeding place,
and keep ifjjpHtaotly smeared witb tar.
No -paniol ever loved water better than a
lou-y hoti loves tar, and he applies it him
self to the mo-t infested spo'ts on bi body
so effectually that the lice speedily disap
peared. I have seen 95 out of 96 hos
smear thomseWos with ter in less that 30
minutes after they had access to it, and
not ons btd ever kuown its use before."
Corn as Fuel.
On a certain portion of tho Illinois
prairie corn U being used as fuel instead
of coul, aud is found an excellent substi
tute In the district referred to corn is
lAct-s per bushel, and coal 12 cts. to
17 cts Not only i? tbe difference in tho
price in favor of the corn, but a bushel of
it gives more beat than a bushel of coal.
Jones heing a j;reat lover of dogs has
a famous breeder, and tbe pups are in
great demand among those who know
and appreciate tbeir quality Jones has
a irreat iiany friends and whenever any
of them visit bim his enthusiasm for dogs
leads bim to boast of the breed of his own
Tbf resuls is bis frieud make bim prom
ise to sae one of tbe pups for bim when
the next litter is produced One day
Mr- Joue inquired in a quiet way
Jones bow nany pups will that won
der'ul dog bave ?"
"Three or four perhaps."
"Do you know how many of tbe next
litter you have promised to your lriends!"
No "
" You have already promised thirty
five 1"
" Well," replied Jones, reddening
lightly and speaking witb con-idorable
vehemence, "'a man tbat won't promise a
frieud a pup is a mighty mean man.''
Mrs. Pepper and the Philosopher.
Mr- Pepper uot tbo better of tbe phi
losopher the other day, in arguing the
question whether women or men talked
the most. "You say women can talk a
man almost to death, ' faid Mrs P., "but
I -hould like to know if Smson didn't
jaw a thousand Phili-tines to death!"
Tbe pbilo-opher ave in.
gSoma friends of ourn in Akron,
Ohio, have a little girl about four years
old, and a littio boy about six. They
had beeu cautionod in their mornintr "trife
aftrtr hens' eg-, not to take nway tbe
nest epg tut, one morning, tho little j?irl
reaching the ne-t first, -eized an e:g, and
started for the hou-e Her disappointed
brother followed, crying "Mother, moth
er! Suzy, beM been and got tho egg the
old hen measures
JjjA eeging Irishman, who repre
sented himself as a Ilunc arian esile, was
asked whwt part of Hungary bd came
from. "I haint larnt jograpby much,"
said Pat, ' for sure. I niwer wint to
-ohool but one day, and that was io the
evenin', and we hadn't no candlo. and the
mater' didn't come; but it was bunury
enough ydu'd find every mother's son a
rouud there if you once went to tho
placel"
(7 Mr. Brown, I want to buy a shill-.
inL'H worth of hay." "Very well, you
can havo it; i it for your father!" ''No,
'taint; it' for the boss. Dad don't eat
hay."
From the Scranton Republican.
Remarkable Escape of a Large Family
From Death by Lightning.
Mr. Macartney Dear sir. Knot'
iuj that you are anxious to inform your"
readers of all important matteri of local
or private interests, as well as national
and foreign; and having beeu a guest of
tbe alluded family an eye witoeis and
a participant in the extraordinary event
I will endeavor to give you some of tbe
particulars connected with it.
On Monday. October 7th, I had occa
sion to visit Hollisterville, Wayne county
on bu-iness-, and wan iuvited to spend tbo
night at the bou-e of Mr. Jas. Waite, a
deacon of tbe Baptist Church, and a welf
known oitizen ot tbat place. XJuring the
day tbe atmosphere had been portentous
of a gathering storm, and early in tbe e
vcuing the rain began to fall heavy, ac
companied with thunder and lightning.
At 10 p m tho family retired, and after
about half an hour, whioh I spent in my
room. I also retired for the oiht. At a
bout 1 1 o'clock I wa suddenly awaken
ed from a very sound deep by an awful
concussion, which -eemed like the final
de-truction of all things The building:
ceemed tottering to it fall, while tbe rin
ging of tho falling window glasi and tbe
rumbling of the earth beneath combined
to make it altogether more than the hu
man mind, just from the land of dreams,
could fully comprehend. At the moment
of waning the sensation was truly awful,
affecting me so much that I could not
find my clothing or tbe uotrance to my
room, though I eagerly sought for both.
Up to this time, which was but a few a&
oonds, I had beard nothing from tbe fam
ily, and reseating myself upon the bed
in mingled confusion and consternation,.
I beard Miss Waite call from her cham
ber. I again sought aod found my room
door, and called to know if any of the
family were killed, and what tbe matter
was; but as yet no answer came. But
soon I heard Mr Waite's voice calling
for a match. As soon as be had obtained
a ligbt, repeated exclamations from seve
ral voices expro-five of the greatest con
sternation, followed. In the mean time
I had found my clothing, (or a portion of
it.) and was prepared to meet bim (Mrv
W.) as he descended the stairs from his
room on the second story.. He 03 pressed
hi3 gratitude for the safety of his family,
although bis house seemed seriously in
jured. We then repaired to the kitchen,
to find every thing in the room thrown
into the greatost po-siblo confusion. Tbe
door wan blown out of tbe frame; the
htove (which was a very heavy one) was
thrown from its position, and from marks
in the coiling, as also from the foot prints
of the stove in the floor, it would seem as
though it had been thrown against tbe
ceiling and landed very nearly in tbe cen
tre of tbe room, some of the feet being
broken while others had sunk into the
solid flooring to the d. ptb of half an inch
by its ifflcieoie weight. The window
casings were blown off, the gla"s blown
out, and in some oases the ea-hes also,
while the flooring was torn up and splin
tered into pieces. From this room we
descended to tbe cellar to find everything
there too a eimilarily confused mass, and
several of the joist under the kitchen
floor broken off as if tbey had been pipe
stems. From here we went to the butte
ry adjoining the kitohen to wituess a still
moro dismal scene. Flour, bread, pies,
broken dishes, broken glass, &o., all
thrown in one promirououa mans. We
then examined tbe petting, and the ad
joining room in which I slept, and found
the floors forced up from the joists, and
tbo bed in which I lept had been re
moved to very neirly the centre of the
room. He then took me to his own room
on tbo -econd floor above, and found win
dow oasiugs, furniture, &c, iu a similar
condition. In the garret we found tbe
chimney strewn iu overy direction and
the stoe pipe melted up or Mown open.
Tbe ccili Djj through which the electric
fluid pa-sed had the appearaneo of hay
ing been pcrtorated by bullets.
During all this time the house was fil
led witb fumes almo-t to suffocate, as if
it bad been a mixturs of sulphur, toot
and gas, which led u to make a more
thorough .examination in order to ascer
tain if tho building was on fire, but none
oould be d. Hoovered By this examination
it appeared that tbe charge had entered
tho roof near tbe chimney, and coming
in contact with tho latter, and glanced off
in two different directions ono portion
passing down tbr-ng'i the buttery and
out at the uortb-ea t side, while tbe prin
cipal poriion pas-ed through the kitchen
floor tuto tho collar, and out under the
ball (south west side) and the tooob in
which I slept, apparently raising that
side from tho foundation and forcing the
whole broad side some dUtauco from its
original position, removing a atone of sev
eral bundrod pounds from tho bedding aS
tho ball door and tearing up tho ground
as if it, had bcon a cannon ball.
Thus Mr Editor, I have given you as
nearly as I can xonie oi the particulars of
one of the mot terrifio scenes that I ever
witnessed, aud ft hat seems almost incred
ible, none of tho family were seriously in
jured nor the houe burned.
Tbo next morning tho neighbors cams'
from all direction to see the ruins, some
of them remarking tbat after tbe events'
of the precee-tiua ntiht.I might venture
to ao to war without much feir of bul
lets. M L'M,.